Find top talent in the Boston area on VentureFizz's Job Board... post a job
Fundings
Lycos sold to Ybrant for $36M - Waltham, MA
August 16, 2010: Lycos Inc., the leading brand of search based internet properties and services. Ybrant Digital, the end-to-end provider of digital marketing solutions,announced the signing of the stock purchase agreement to acquire Lycos Inc., the leading brand of search based internet properties and services, from Daum Communications of Korea.
http://bit.ly/vfdealslycos
Read more Add new comment
Searchandise Commerce raises $7M in funding - Beverly, MA
April 13, 2010: Searchandise Commerce, the first online media network for product manufacturers and their retail channel partners, today announced it has secured $7 million in venture capital funding. The Series 2 financing round was led by new investor Madrona Venture Group with participation from existing investors Cloquet Capital Partners LLC, DFJ Gotham Partners, Draper Associates, Inflection Point Ventures, Milestone Venture Partners and Wheatley Partners. The new financing will be used primarily to expand the sales/marketing and operations teams. The company previously raised $7.5 million in venture capital in July 2008.
http://bit.ly/vfdealssearchandise
Read more Add new comment
Metatomix raises $500K in funding - Dedham, MA
February 17, 2010: According to SEC filings, Metatomix in Dedham, Massachusetts has raised $500,000 of a planned $1.4M bridge round of debt financing. Metatomix is a provider of Semantic Middleware solutions for a variety of industries.
http://bit.ly/vffundmetatomix
Read more Add new comment
Crimson Hexagon raises $680K of a planned $2M round of funding - Cambridge, MA
September 14, 2009: As reported by Mass High Tech, Crimson Hexagon has raised $680K of a planned $2M round of funding. Crimson Hexagon is a semantic-search software company focused on measuring brand sentiment across the web.
http://bit.ly/Tdglo
Read more Add new comment
EveryZing raises $8.25M in venture funding - Cambridge, MA
May 11, 2009: EveryZing, Inc. today announced it has closed an $8.25M round of funding from its existing investors, which include Fairhaven Capital, General Catalyst Partners, Accel Partners and BBN Technologies, and added GE/NBCU's Peacock Equity Fund as an investor.
http://www.everyzing.com
Read more Add new comment
Google Ventures Launches Co-Managed by Rich Miner - Cambridge, MA
March 31, 2009: Rich Miner, the former vice president of mobile platforms at Google, will head the company's newly announced venture capital fund and will be based in Cambridge, according to blog reports. The new group will focus on early-stage investments in a range of industries, including consumer Internet, software, clean-tech, bio-tech, health care "and, no doubt, other areas we haven't thought of yet" Miner posted Monday night on Google's blog. "If you think you have the next big idea, or if you just want to learn more, please see our website" Miner said.
http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/03/googles-newest-venture.htmlhttp://www.google.com/ventures
Read more Add new comment
PodZinger Raises $5 Million from Parent Company BBN - Cambridge, MA
PodZinger, a Cambridge-based provider of audio and video search engine technology, has received a $5 million injection from its parent company, BBN Technologies, an IT development firm. PodZinger said that it will use the funding to grow its consumer web site and build its customer base for audio and video search technology. The company also plans to continue expansion of recruiting and marketing initiatives. http://www.podzinger.com Read more Add new comment
Category: Enterprise Software, Search